Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is asking for information in their search for a second suspect wanted in connection to a shooting last month at a gas station.
The shooting happened on July 20 at the Shell gas station on Summit Hill Drive. KPD says 20-year-old Robert Steed is wanted for aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
According to police, “it is alleged that Steed, who was shot during the incident, fired multiple rounds at the Shell.”
He is also accused of firing at a home on Hazen Street earlier that morning.
Another suspect, 23-year-old Dereke Upton, was also charged with aggravated assault in connection to the shooting.
Madisonville, Tn (WOKI) A suspect is in custody and more than 800 fentanyl pills are off the street following a drug bust Wednesday in Sweetwater.
Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say more than 800 pressed fentanyl pills, cash and other drugs were recovered by law enforcement after deputies and Sweetwater Police officers executed a search warrant at the Sweetwater Hotel in reference to the sale and delivery of fentanyl.
MCSO estimates the pressed fentanyl pills carry a Monroe County street value of over $5,500.
“Recovered from the search warrant was over 800 pressed fentanyl pills that carries a Monroe County street value of over $5500,” Sheriff Tommy Jones shared in a social media post titled “Search Warrant Results in Large Fentanyl Bust.” “Also recovered was various other drugs, drug paraphernalia, and over $900 in currency.”
One suspect, who has not been identified, was taken into custody and transported to the Monroe County Justice Center.
More than 800 pressed fentanyl pills, cash and other drugs were recovered by law enforcement in Sweetwater on Wednesday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Campbell County, TN (WOKI) One man is killed and several other people are injured during a boating accident Friday, July 26 on Norris Lake.
Officials with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency say the crash happened around 10:00 p.m. near the shoreline of the Cove Creek area, upstream from Mountain Lake Marina.
According to TWRA, ten people were on the boat, six of whom were injured in the crash. Two people, including the boat’s driver, 51-year-old Ralph Miller of Powell, were airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center; Powell died on Wednesday, July 31.
TWRA says a woman who was hospitalized with serious injuries is no longer in critical condition and is expected to be released from UT Medical Center soon.
Campbell County Emergency Services, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, the Campbell County Rescue Squad and the Campbell County Fire Department responded to the crash.
TWRA says the incident marks the 14th boating death in Tennessee this year.
An East Tennessee school system is asking police to investigate a hazing incident.
WVLT is working to learn more about what happened and who is involved but Claiborne County Sheriff Bob Brooks says school officials at Claiborne County High School called the Sheriff’s Office to report the incident.
The New Tazewell Police Department is leading the investigation.
A fuel leak on I-75 North that shut down the interstate in Campbell County is contained.
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation say the crash involved an overturned vehicle and a tanker truck leaking fuel yesterday (Wednesday).
Officials say the leak on the tanker is contained to about 20 gallons and the tanker will have to be offloaded on scene. There is a large debris field and they are looking at an extended clean up time.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a Dandridge firefighter has a medical episode and crashes his truck, towing a boat, into a building.
Fire Chief Andrew Riley says no one was seriously injured yesterday (Wednesday) morning after the fireman, Logan Inman, lost consciousness behind the wheel and crashed the command truck, which was towing the department’s boat for service, into a building near Main Street in downtown.
During the crash, the truck hit two parked cars, which helped save the building from seeing major damage and potentially stopped an employee inside from getting hurt.
Inman was taken to the hospital and his passenger left the crash with bumps and bruises.
The truck was totaled and the boat saw major damage. The Jefferson County Rescue Squad has a boat of their own for on-water emergency response.
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating following a deadly crash Tuesday night in Cocke County.
According to a report from THP, only one car was involved in the crash which happened on Thinwood Drive near Highway 25/70.
Officials say the 19-year-old driver of the car was reportedly following a curve in the roadway when they hit a parked tractor-trailer.
Both the driver and a 15-year-old passenger in the vehicle died as a result of the crash.
According to officials with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office, at least one of the victims was a Cocke County High School student.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating following a deadly crash Tuesday night in Cocke County.
THP officials say the crash happened on Thinwood Drive and West Highway 25/70.
According to officials with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office, two juveniles died in the crash. CCSO says at least one of the victims was a Cocke County High School student.
“We are all devastated for the families involved. Our community will come together for these families and do whatever we can to help them in this time of need. Everyone involved needs the prayers to lift them up during this tragedy that has taken place,” Sheriff CJ Ball said.
No other details have been released.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol cruiser. (Courtesy: WVLT / WSMV)
Jefferson City, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 7/31: The Jefferson City Police Department has released more details regarding a standoff at a Jefferson City home Tuesday morning.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is helping the Jefferson City Police Department investigate the incident.
According to the department, officers responded to a home on Morrisett Avenue near State Route 92 after receiving a call about a suicidal man who had threatened a woman Tuesday morning.
Department representatives said the woman had escaped the home and ran to a neighbor’s to call 911.
The man reportedly did not cooperate with police, refusing to come out of the home. The JCPD special response team took action, deploying chemical munitions and continuing negotiations with no success.
The man was eventually taken from the home with a gunshot wound to the head; police say it is likely the man shot himself.
He was taken to a nearby trauma center for treatment.
ORIGINAL STORY: A suspect is in custody following a standoff with law enforcement Tuesday morning in Jefferson City.
Jefferson City Police were called to the scene near Morrisett Avenue shortly after 9:15 a.m. A man was refusing to leave the residence, barricading himself inside. The suspect was taken into custody around 11:00 a.m.
JCPD officials say the incident began as a domestic call, and officers were able to get the girlfriend out of the home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office confirms the agency assisted in the response.
Police responded near Morrissett Avenue and State Route 92, according to JCPD. (Frankly Media)
Alcoa City Schools are already back in the classroom with several other schools systems starting including Blount County Schools which have their first day of class today but they are off tomorrow for Election Day.
The start of school means crossing guards and students will be in those crosswalks at schools and Buses will be back on the roads as well as those reduced speeds in school zones.
Many schools systems do start back Friday, including Clinton City Schools, Cocke, Hamblen, McMinn, Roane and Scott Counties.
Knox County Schools start back August 8th along with Campbell and Sevier Counties.
Here’s a list from our news partner WVLT:
Alcoa City Schools: 7/19, staggered start Anderson County Schools: 8/5, staggered start Blount County Schools: 7/31 Campbell County Schools: 8/8 Claiborne County Schools: 8/7 Clinton City Schools: 8/2 Cocke County Schools: 8/2 Cumberland County Schools: 8/7 Fentress County Schools: 8/5 Grainger County Schools: 8/5 Hamblen County Schools: 8/2 Hancock County Schools: 8/1 Jefferson County Schools: 8/6 Knox County Schools: 8/8 Loudon County Schools: 8/5 Lenoir City Schools: 8/5 – 8/6 Orientation, 8/7 1st full day Maryville City Schools: 8/5 staggered start McMinn County Schools: 8/2 Monroe County Schools: 8/12 Morgan County Schools: 8/1 Roane County Schools: 8/2 Scott County Schools: 8/2 Sevier County Schools: 8/8 Union County Schools: 8/7 staggered start
An investigation is underway after firefighters and residents of a home are injured and four dogs are killed in a Campbell County house fire.
Two members of the LaFollette fire department and all four people inside the home were injured in Saturday’s fire, all are expected to make full recoveries.
Unfortunately, four of the family’s five dogs died in the fire.
Officials believe the fire started either on the front porch or near the front of the home.
